Coaster

Museum number:
5-16741
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
516741
Accession number:
Acc.4739
Object count:
1
Description:
woven coaster, cocoa brown and natural; two narrow rings of natural divide 2 bands and center medallion of brown. embroidery-like weave joins coaster into a disk.
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Northern Africa
Verbatim coll. place:
N. Africa
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Materials:
Raffia (fiber)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Coasters (containers)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
June 23, 2004
Context of use:
Household
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
diameter 12 centimeters and depth 0.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Coaster, accession number 5-16741, described as woven coaster, cocoa brown and natural; two narrow rings of natural divide 2 bands and center medallion of brown. embroidery-like weave joins coaster into a disk.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Coaster, accession number 5-16741, described as woven coaster, cocoa brown and natural; two narrow rings of natural divide 2 bands and center medallion of brown. embroidery-like weave joins coaster into a disk.

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